Conventions of a magazine

There are many concepts to a magazine.
Masthead: the name or logo
headlines: Identifying important content
Cover lines: the text indicating the content of the magazine
Pull quotes: Quote that makes you want to buy the magazine
Features: Use of text and photos to indicate features
Lure: Pull quotes
Puff: A statement that is self promoting
serif style font: a font that makes use of hooks
Pug: A well placed shape with text to grab the readers eye
Layout: the composition of a magazine
House style. The rules of the presentation
visual syntax: the way the readers eye is lead through the layout
Hook: the method of luring consumers
stroke: A line put around text or shapes to make them stand out
Graphics: the use of designs and words
Banner: a colored banner with text on it.

My target audience would be 11-18 year old as they are the people who are going to be reading my magazine

Contents Page

4 big concepts of media

Layout of contents

Conventions Of A Contents Page

Things needed on a contents page:

• Image: To make the page interesting and eye grabbing
• Page Numbers & Information:Page numbers are needed so you know where to go for a certain article. A small bit of Information is also needed so you know the sort of thing you are going to be reading.
• Columns:To give the page a bit of structure
• Font Emphasis:(Italic, Colour, Font Style, Bold, Size, Banner) things that make certain text stand out to the rest of the text.
• Structured Layout:(Grids, Guidelines, Columns)
• Date:So you know what time period the magazine is from
• Issue Number: So you can tell which issue came first when you look back on your magazines. Also you can see if you missed any issues by comparing the one you bought last time.
• Editors letter: Editor gives you a small breakdown on what interesting things are going to be in the magazine.
• Subscription: Small article on subscription the the magazine. this means you get the magazine on a weekly basis.

most recent front cover

front cover practice